Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-04-08
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

What the Newspapers are Saying Of Hen
and Women of Note.
Rossinis ashes have been taken from Paris
to Florence, and monument will be erected
over them
DR.. Allen McLane Hamilton, the well known
expert in insanity cases, is a grandson OF Al
exander Hamilton.
Lord Tennyson's eyesight is failing him to
such an extent as to cause serious alarm
among his numerous circle of friends.
Talking of dressmakers, Miss Clara Hunt
ington paid hers ST., 900 last year. How does
that strike you? Civilization is great thing,
isn't it3
Editor Grady, of the Atlanta Constitution,
Is brilliant writer, but an inconsistent
worker Sometimes he will come to the office
and do as much work in a few hours as an
other man will do in week, and then he will
lay off for month.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, has struck no
such rich streaks of luck as lately represent
ed He has had no great stroke of fortune.
He has done well in business, but has had
nothing like the success which the numerous
paragraphs printed have attributed to him.
The story is started in the newspapers that
Dcn Duutcl3 WIZ LII 4NCW
Orleans for hauling down the American flag
in 1862, found his widow in straitened circum-
stances after the war and secured her good
clerkship in the interior department at Wash
ington.
Mr.. W. n. Beard, the artist, made study
for large picture to be entitled "The Power
of Death" Weirdly depicted is a half clothed
figure with deaths head, one hand grasping
{;oor IN, tho ttrooc of dissolution otbo,
a withered tree, while one foot rests on the
PROSTATE form of dead elephant. In the
background, which is desolate and gloomy, is
dead lion.
Emperor William, Count Won Moltlze, Gen.
W. S. Harvey, q. S. A., and Col. E. G. W.
Butler, of st. Louis, are believed to be the
Oldest four military officers in the world.
Between the last two there is a good deal of
rivalry as to precedence. Butler went into
the army before Harney-that is, at West
Point. But Harvey received his commission
before Butler got his.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland may be fond
of the New York press, ,but-she refused to
be interviewed/ Some three months ago, in
answer to an editor proffering his columns
for her use in any way, Miss Cleveland sadly
and suggestively remarked, II assure you,
you are quite mistaken if you think that any
thing could write of myself would be of in
terest to your readers"
Miss Grace Howard, daughter of "Joen
Howard is going to Dakota next month to
spend two or three years in instructing the
Indians. Miss Howard is an exceedingly tai
ented woman, with a somewhat strong mind
She has spent some time on the frontier and
quite strong friendship exists between her
= Mics Rosa E1i1ahafh C1oua1and
Of SheIr synlpathies in the same direction.
She is now in Montreal with her father.
The death of Nine. Needham and the sale
of her goods at the Hotel Drouet, Paris, make
it plain that the lady shopped industriously
One hundred and fifty day and night chem
Uses trimmed with Valenciennes and other
lace, seventy petticoats in silk, muslin, etc..
forty pairs of carriers, twenty-four corsets,
200 lace handkerchiefs, forty pantalons de
sole peluche, and 165 pairs of silk stockings
are among the items on the bill of SALE
A vivacious correspondent having described
Miss Matte Mitchell, the daughter of the
senator from Oregon, as she appeared in a
gray plush cloak at the theatre one evening as
resembling "a maltese kitten by moonlight
an admirer of the young lady sent her, with
the printed paragraph, moonstone carved to
represent the head of kitten with small
emerald eyes, caught in the arms of a crescent
moon made of diamonds Miss Mitchell con.
stantly wears this pin now.
Miss Anna Dickinson is slowly recovering
her health, and friend, writing of her, says:
"Miss Dickinson has entreaties of plays from
two well known stars, for anovel from New
York publisher, and for various magazin,
articles She is considering them, but vii
decide nothing for few weeks yet, till she i
better. shouldn't wonder if they were de
clined ultimately, as she will want to carry
out her own chosen projects as soon as she i
well again.-Boston Traveller